Nikon RAW encryption qustion

Hi,

Is it true that you can't open Nikon RAW files in other applications than
nikon software?

I plan to use Photoshop CS with the D2X once I get it. is there a problem?

TIA

MR.B

 

You could try this: http://www.pixmantec.com/index2.html it's freeware
/Carsten

 

Not true. There are several Raw converters that will open Raw files
from several Nikon models, including the recent top-end models.

You can use CS, but you have to go through an extra stage. CS, and ACR
2.4, don't directly support the NEF files from the D2X (or the D70s).
So you have to convert them to DNG using the 3.1 DNG Converter, which
supports both of those (and lots more). Then you can open those DNG
files in ACR 2.4. I've tested this with downloaded D2X NEFs and it
works.

It you want to open the NEFs directly, rather than convert to DNG
first, you need CS2 / ACR 3.1. (Note that Adobe don't say they support
the recent D70s - it IS supported by 3.1, so this is presumably
unofficial).

There is one residual problem with the D2X and Adobe s/w, whichever
route you use. Nikon have encrypted the as-shot white balance,
therefore ACR & CS have to estimate (guess!) it. Obviously, you can
then set it yourself.

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html

http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/main.html

 

D70 support was added (officially, even) in 3.0.

 

The recent D70s is a different camera from the earlier D70. The D70s is not
yet in the list of cameras officially supported by ACR 3.1.

The D70 was certainly supported by ACR 2.4, and probably by earlier versions.
(I have read of someone using ACR 2.2).

The D70s was not supported via NEFs in ACR 2.4, only via DNGs from the 3.1 DNG
Converter.

No official support for cameras was added in ACR 3.0. I don't know whether
D70s unofficial support was added in ACR 3.0 or ACR 3.1. It doesn't really
matter, because ACR 3.1 is freely available to CS2 users.

 

Sorry - I parsed "D70s" as the plural of "D70", not as
dee-seventy-ess.